WILL PETRAEUS BE "WATER BOY" FOR BUSH AND STUMP FOR WAR WITH IRAN? BRITS THINK SO

A story in the London Telegraph states the British feel Gen. David Petraeus will be hyping going to war with Iran when he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuseday.

Despite the fact that there was a serious attack on the Green Zone Sunday which killed 3 GIs and wounded another 31, Petraeus is expected to do Bush's bidding on the need for a war with Iran.


British fear US commander is beating the drum for Iran strikes

By Damien McElroyForeign Affairs Correspondent04/04/08

"The Telegraph" -- --

British officials gave warning yesterday that America's commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government.

A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran's intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment. In closely watched testimony in Washington starting Tuesday, Gen Petraeus will state that the Iranian threat has risen as Tehran has supplied and directed attacks by militia fighters against the Iraqi state and its US allies.

The outbreak of Iraq's worst violence in 18 months last week with fighting in Basra and the daily bombardment of the Green Zone diplomatic enclave, demonstrated that although the Sunni Muslim insurgency is dramatically diminished, Shia forces remain in a strong position to destabilise the country.

"Petraeus is going to go very hard on Iran as the source of attacks on the American effort in Iraq," a British official said. "Iran is waging a war in Iraq. The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong, there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said.